

THINGS
TITLE | EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT (MAY OR MAY NOT) EXIST | DESCRIPTION | FASHION ARTWORK |
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CLIENT | BORDERS AND FRONTIERS | DATE | 2010 |
TITLE | EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT (MAY OR MAY NOT) EXIST |
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CLIENT | BORDERS AND FRONTIERS |
DESCRIPTION | FASHION ARTWORK |
DATE | 2010 |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
NINA BØRKE
ARTWORK FOR FASHION COLLECTION “NATURAL WONDER FOR BORDERS AND FRONTIERS, COMMISSIONED IN 2010. THINGS THAT DO AND DO NOT EXIST IS MY INTERPRETATION OF ”NATURAL WONDER”.
WHEN STARTING OUT WITH THIS PROJECT, NATURAL WONDER AS A SUBJECT MATTER BROUGHT TO MIND THE FASCINATING STRENUOUSNESS OF THE SISYPHEAN CHALLENGE OF COLLECTING AND CLASSIFYING THE SPECIES OF THIS WORLD, TAKEN ON BY BIOLOGISTS LIKE ERNST HAECKEL OR CARL VON LINNÉ.
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF TAKING THIS WHOLE CONCEPT UP A NOTCH, TO INCLUDE BOTH NATURAL SPECIES AND MAN MADE PRODUCTS IN A OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS, SEEMED LIKE A POTENT ANGLE TO INTERPRET NATURAL WONDER IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE SURE TO FAIL SPECTATCULARLY. AS THE NAME OF THE DESIGN SUGGESTS, EVEN THE CONCEPT OF THINGS THAT DO NOT EXCIST WAS THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE FUTILITY OF THE TASK.
THE ILLUSTRATION MAY BE INTERPRETED AS A QUESTIONMARK TO THE MEGALOMANIAC ENDEAVOUR OF SCIENCE TO UNDERSTAND, CONQUER AND COLONISE THE NATURAL WORLD.
SCARF/DRESS/TEE MADE IN UK
THE SILK BUREAU
MATERIAL: SANDWASHED HABOTAI SILK
SIZE: 140X140 CM